Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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Does anyone else have anxiety in the form of horrible racing thoughts about something bad happening to them or somebody close to them. Im really struggling with them.
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deleted_user
Are you worrying that something bad might happen or believing that it is already happening? I have, before, had constant worry that something bad might happen to my loved ones to the point where I withdrew from my relationships. I doubt you are alone in feeling the way you are.
CarlaBentley
CarlaBentley
Hi, cjemv0!!!
I do that a lot, too. Usually only when I'm really stressed out. I hate it!!! Just makes me more anxious than I already am!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I have a tendancy to catastrophise. think of the worst scenarios when its rarely the worst...
deleted_user
deleted_user
Totally can relate. I have horrible thoughts about doing something awful to others or them to me. It makes can send me into a panic. Apparently its quite common with anxiety as our minds create thoughts to match our physical state. I try to remember they are just thoughts and mean nothing knowing that they will never be real. Try not to fight them, let them come then let them go.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yea I get racing thoughts eh...

try to switch the brain off.. Put on an Ipod music... or yea talk about something else /think......

mmm ANxiety eh lol WOW what a label....
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